Other than the hideous Firecons, there is no other figure from the Generation One toy line that deserves more hate than the terrible Wheelie! The character was only semi-annoying in the animated series (I don't think he was as bad as the fandom always says), but his figure was just flat out ugly. His vehicle mode does look pretty slick. Other than orange paint job, Wheelie does come off as good looking futuristic car. However, once transformed to robot mode, it all falls apart for this toy. The transformation is super easy (as with all mini-bots). You pull the front of car forward to extend the legs, flip the feet up, lift up the visor to reveal the face, and finally flip the arms forward. The result is a poor excuse for a figure. His legs are super thin with tissue box feet. His arms are overly long with the hands just stamped to the inside of the frame. Finally, the face looks just... creepy. It looks like a floating orange .... thing. While most of the toys resembled the animated characters to a degree, this thing in robot mode looks like a nightmare rather than the child like character from the series.
As I mentioned, the animated version of Wheelie actually didn't bother me that much. Although the powers that be at Hasbro did fail in creating a new Bumblebee/ Spike dynamic in season three, they did create a decent character. The toy however is the most disgusting design I have seen for any Generation One figure.
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